love, beach boys, vu, beatles, stones, zombies, pink floyd, impressions, ronettes, shangri-las, marvin gaye, aretha, stax, motown, phil spector, sam cooke, bob dylan, ride, stone roses, boo radleys, moose, verve, teenage fanclub, jesus and mary chain, slowdive, my bloody valentine, pale saints, charlatans, whiteout, spiritualized, mercury rev, sarah records, mojave 3, broadcast, the tyde, beachwood sparks, blonde redhead, wolf parade, arcade fire, yo la tengo, rocketship, depeche mode (like a 15-yr-old, forever), and on and on, of course